Art of the Muse.
by Miriam Schulman
Fashion illustrations and fantasy art inspired by Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (still going on thru August 7, 2011)
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| Chess Queen Size: 16×20″ Media: Watercolor on Canvas Board Blue and purple butterflies lift the queen off her feet and carry her away. |
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| The Alexander McQueen show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has an amazing dress with Japanese influences on display which inspired this painting. McQueen’s concept behind the collection was that each model was a life size chess piece that moved across the board like the Wizard Chess in Harry Potter. In McQueen’s world he had the Japanese against the American. The dress in the runway photograph depicts McQueen’s version of the Queen. There are more watercolors in this series where art meets fashion and fashion meets art. |
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McQueen designed the 2005 collection It’s Only a Game around the idea of a chess match between America and Japan. Each ensemble corresponded to a particular chess piece.
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Thanks for featuring our Japanese newspaper corsage!
Great selection that inspires us in turn.
FairwayFlowers
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Love McQueen, thanks so much for including my little kimono dress in this post! xxSu http://twitter.com/suyinjohns
Beautiful art collection! Very interesting! Thank you for including my crane pouch.
Naomi
What a wonderful tribute! Thank you so much for including Rayvenwoodmanor!
Gorgeous!
We are big fans of Alexander McQueen! Love what you've put together here! Thank you for including our hand painted door stops!
Cheers!
BootsNGus